Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jason quickly demonstrates an alternative way to import an explosion into the Unreal game engine, this time using USD. Part of a 10-lesson workshop for aspiring technical artists. Expand this description for download links and more.

00:00 - Intro
00:07 - Unreal VDB plugin
00:40 - Links to plugin and spritesheets

Download the scenes, compounds, slides, lesson plans and other files to follow along or adapt for your own curriculum: areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/bifrost_bootcamp_lesson_6_files.zip

Explosions for Games - UE engine video: youtube.com/watch?v=Hc4xkXeIJs8

OpenVDB Unreal Importer: github.com/eidosmontreal/unreal-vdb

Free Flipbook + Optical flow spritesheet generator: facedownfx.com

Slate Tutorials:
youtube.com/watch?v=zykKhdMUTwg
youtube.com/watch?v=gkljBc7bdew